diff --git a/config/default.rb b/config/default.rb
index 23bdb0361..ea076c664 100644
--- a/config/default.rb
+++ b/config/default.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Vagrant::Config.run do |config|
 
   config.nfs.map_uid = :auto
   config.nfs.map_gid = :auto
+  config.nfs.version = 3
 
   config.package.name = 'package.box'
 end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/config/nfs.rb b/lib/vagrant/config/nfs.rb
index f7aed1f42..9b005b157 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/config/nfs.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/config/nfs.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module Vagrant
     class NFSConfig < Base
       attr_accessor :map_uid
       attr_accessor :map_gid
+      attr_accessor :version
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/guest/linux.rb b/lib/vagrant/guest/linux.rb
index 5df45063c..36096a09e 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/guest/linux.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/guest/linux.rb
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ module Vagrant
 
           # Do the actual creating and mounting
           @vm.channel.sudo("mkdir -p #{real_guestpath}")
-          @vm.channel.sudo("mount #{ip}:'#{opts[:hostpath]}' #{real_guestpath}",
+          @vm.channel.sudo("mount -o vers=#{opts[:version]} #{ip}:'#{opts[:hostpath]}' #{real_guestpath}",
                           :error_class => LinuxError,
                           :error_key => :mount_nfs_fail)
         end